Sixty cases of wine belonging to Chicago chef Charlie Trotter destined for a Christie’s auction in New York have been stolen in transit.

Among the highlights were double magnums of Château Haut-Brion Blanc 1994, imperials of Château Lafite, Latour and Mouton-Rothschild, and 15L Nebuchadnezzars of Château Pichon-Longueville and Lynch-Bages.

According to restaurant blog Chicago Eater, a few weeks ago, the wine from his four cellars at the restaurant was boxed up, labelled, logged and taken to a distribution center in Chicago.

It was then loaded onto trucks headed to New York for the upcoming auction.

On arrival in New York, Christie’s staff quickly realised that an entire pallet (60 cases) of wine was missing.